Show Me Your Vintage P Dealer Plate Frames.

[BrentF]

A few months ago I was bidding on this beautiful NOS Vasek Polak frame, and was outbid at $359 (versus my $354)





Subsequently, I picked up this item on Ebay






I ended up buying this frame on Ebay instead (as I subsequently learned my car spent the first 42 years of its life in San Fran and not LA )

[Veronica87911]

How can one find out where his car originally was sold from? I believe my 72T spent its early years in Seattle, but I'm not sure; I would love to know that and try to find a plate frame from that dealer.

[LongRanger]

. . . How can one find out where his car originally was sold from? . . . I would love to know that and try to find a plate frame from that dealer . . .

Hey, Serge . . .

If you think that your vehicle came from WA, then I'd try just hitting their DMV's web-site and seeing if there's a document/process/whatever for requesting a registration or title history. Every state keeps these kinds of records --- it's just a matter of figuring-out how to find/access them

Another source would be the Previous Owners. Those Stories can be interesting by themselves

HtH

[911T1971]

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I'm starting to think that maybe frames w/ this Porsche + AUDI format are later versions. Conine-Swab is the 1st dealer that I've come across that has the Porsche + AUDI names both 'stacked + boxed' and not

Late 1971/72 the stacked P&A logo (usually blue Letters on white) appears in US market Porsche Literature.
Later also to be seen on the 1972/73 CAN-AM 917/10 L&M.

[LongRanger]

. . . from the '69 + '70 PDLs . . .

426/010/01
Berkey-Lee Garage, Inc
718 San Pablo Ave
Albany, CA 94706

Med blue lettering + white back-round, flash-chromed, no maker's marks/ID. Plate = std CA pass etc

Located in The (S.F.) East Bay, between Berkeley to the South + Richmond to the North. Originally incorporated 28-Sep, 1956 --- so a long-time dealership . . . but now shows 'dissolved' . . . perhaps since the early '90s?

Albany Ford Subaru occupies the property today

[LongRanger]

Some other variations . . .

IMO, these look like 'older' versions --- mainly for the style of 'VW' logo . . . especially the top one, with those 'grooved' verticals

[LongRanger]

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[LongRanger]

From the '68 thru '72 PDLs . . .

425/402/1
Eckhardt Motors, Inc (thru '69?)
Eckhardt Porsche Audi, Inc (after '70)
1501 North Broadway
Oklahoma City, OK 73103

Dull white lettering on a dull darker-grey? back-round, flash-chromed. Same 'double header' ID on the back, as seen on some East-coast dealers like Carousel, Cannon. Plate = std OK pass, etc . . .

Vacant buildings + a parking lot stand there, today

[John Straub]

That ones sure different Rick.

John

[LongRanger]

From the '68 thru '73 PDLs . . .

426/021/1
Wester Motors, Inc (. . . 'till '70, then . . .)
Wester Porsche Audi, Inc
1187 Del Monte Ave
Monterey, CA

Older version --- late '50s?-to-mid-'60s? . . . previously seen here --- see post #276 . . .

Semi-gloss black lettering in ditto white letter-boxes, flash-chromed. Plate = std CA pass, etc